Long-Term Outcome in Patients with a Solitary Peutz-Jeghers Polyp

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of study subjects.

Sex
Male	32 (63%)
Female	19 (37%)
Mean age (years)	66.1 (range: 32-92)
Location
Esophagus	0
Stomach	0
Duodenum	10 (20%)
Jejunum	2 (4%)
Ileum	0
Cecum	2 (4%)
Ascending colon	0
Transverse colon	5 (10%)
Descending colon	0
Sigmoid colon	21 (41%)
Rectum	11 (22%)
(mm)	(range: 3-33)
Morphology
Pedunculated	40 (78%)
Semipedunculated	9 (18%)
Sessile	2 (4%)
Evaluation of recurrence
Done	25 (49%)
Not done	26 (51%)
Recurrence of PJ polyps	0
Mean endoscopic follow-up period (years)	3.1 (range: 0.1-16.1)
Outcome
Alive	46 (90%)
Died of other cause	5 (10%)
Mean follow-up period (years)	3.8 (range: 0.0-18.8)

Hypopharyngeal cancer, interstitial pneumonia, pulmonary thrombosis, sepsis, and unknown cause.